{"id":230897,"date":"2026-03-22T04:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/230897\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T04:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:55:13","slug":"jordan-chiles-goes-perfect-again-as-ucla-wins-big-ten-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/230897\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Chiles goes perfect again as UCLA wins Big Ten championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jordan Chiles<\/a> captured the Big Ten all-around crown with her seventh perfect score of the season, leading UCLA<\/a> to its second straight Big Ten championship gymnastics title on Saturday in Champaign, Ill.<\/p>\n

Chiles<\/a>, the Big Ten gymnast of the year,<\/a> posted a conference-record score<\/a> of 39.825 and earned a perfect 10 in floor routine as the Bruins defeated Michigan, Minnesota and Michigan State with a total score of 198.100. <\/p>\n

Janelle McDonald, who guided No. 5 UCLA<\/a> to the regular season<\/a> and conference championship crowns for the second straight year, was named the Big Ten coach of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team is just going up from here,\u201d Chiles told Big Ten Network after the meet. \u201cWe haven\u2019t hit our peak yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there are still things that we can work on as individuals, but I think the team environment is definitely there. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of each and every single athlete that went up today and stepped in as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDonald was proud with how her team performed unfazed amid the stressful circumstances as they put a season\u2019s worth of lessons on display.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much joy and fun today and I think that\u2019s really when we do our best,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cJust so proud of the meet we put together today and for them to reap the rewards of all their hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCLA opened with Chiles scoring a 9.925 on beam. Tiana Sumanasekera scored a 9.925, and Katelyn Rosen, Sydney Barros and Mika Webster-Longin each scored a 9.850. Rosen managed to achieve the feat after missing the last few weeks with a foot injury.<\/p>\n

Having Rosen back in the rotation and feeling good is everything for UCLA, McDonald said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor her to lead off our competition today and just trust her to be able to do that even after being out, it says a lot about who she is as an athlete, the work she puts in and how much trust we all have in her,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n

UCLA closed the first rotation in second place, 0.125 behind Michigan.<\/p>\n

With Chiles leading the way on floor, Webster-Longin posted a 9.925, tying her career high. Sumanasekera had the same score and Ashlee Sullivan had a 9.950.<\/p>\n

Riley Jenkins led UCLA in the vault with a 9.950. Webster-Longin celebrated her 9.875 routine with splits. Sumanasekera had a 9.850 in the event and Sullivan received a 9.850 on her Yurchenko. Chiles closed out the vault with a 9.925, keeping the Bruins in first place ahead of Michigan State by 0.325.<\/p>\n

Jenkins, who tied for first with Minnesota\u2019s Arianna Ostrum on vault, dedicated extra time to perfect the gymnastics of her routine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just the mentality she takes \u2026 she\u2019s like \u2018I want to work\u2019 and hard work pays off,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n

From the start, McDonald noticed Chiles wasn\u2019t fixated on the little details, she was focusing on how to show up and make sure she performed for her team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s when she\u2019s really at her best,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cIt\u2019s just so special to have an athlete of her caliber in the NCAA and we\u2019re just so lucky to have her on our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chiles and Barros each finished with a 9.950 on the uneven bars \u2014 the best mark of the season in the discipline for Barros.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that bar [routine] in practice a lot, I was so excited for her to come out in this big moment when we needed it most to nail it like she did,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n

Webster-Longin performed some celebratory splits again when she tied her season high with a 9.900 on the uneven bars. Sumanasekera and Nola Matthews each had a 9.875 in the event.<\/p>\n

UCLA is headed to NCAA regionals in April as the Bruins look to win their first national title since 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are coming for y\u2019all,\u201d Chiles said. \u201cThis is our year and I\u2019m very proud to say that we are the Bruins.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan Chiles captured the Big Ten all-around crown with her seventh perfect score of the season, leading UCLA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[74042,104740,104739,8932,104741,66621,48,52,51,47,50,49,795,70217,278,84877,70213,1092,104742,23009,72],"class_list":["post-230897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ashlee-sullivan","tag-big-ten-championship","tag-big-ten-gymnast","tag-bruins","tag-floor-routine","tag-jordan-chiles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-michigan","tag-mika-webster-longin","tag-season","tag-sydney-barros","tag-tiana-sumanasekera","tag-ucla","tag-uneven-bar","tag-vault","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}